PSYC-2490 FINAL EXAMINATION -->
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Qualities which are persistently displayed over time and in various
situations
Traits
A) People with personality disorders show a far more restricted range
of traits than do most people.
true
3) DSM-5 will probably NOT include which categorical personality
disorders?
B) paranoid; histrionic; schizoid; dependent
4) The DSM-IV-TR lists __________ specific personality disorders
which are organized into __________ broad clusters.
10;3
5) Unlike DSM-IV-TR, DSM-5 requires _______________ and
permits _________________ when diagnosing a personality disorder.
A) dimensional assessment of self and interpersonal functioning;
application of a categorical personality disorder diagnosis
8) The disorders listed under Personality Disorder Not Otherwise
Specified are
B) depressive and passive-aggressive.
,9) According to the text, approximately __________% of the
population will have a personality disorder during their life.
6-9
10) Which is NOT a reason provided in the text for the importance of
assessing personality disorders (PDs)?
E) presence of a PD usually rules out the presence of an Axis 1
disorder
11) Which of the following are NOT identified as difficulties in
diagnosing personality disorders (PDs)?
C) PD symptoms tend to be dormant for long periods of time
12) Diagnosis and therefore estimating the prevalence of the
personality disorders is quite difficult and studies have been
methodologically criticized. With this in mind, the highest estimates
of PD prevalence suggest that
Approxiamtely 15% of the population has a personality disorder.
13) Which of the following best describes the relationship between
the prevalence rate of personality disorders between outpatients and
inpatients?
They are generally lower among outpatients
14) Research shows that __________% or more of people with
personality disorders never seek treatment for their problems.
80
15) Many personality disorders are __________, which means that
the person does not believe they have a problem.
,Egosyntonic
16) Several researchers have suggested that the diagnostic criteria for
some personality disorders are
Both gender and culture-biased
17) According to the text, clinicians have been shown to be reluctant
to diagnose males as having __________ personality disorder, while
they are sometimes hesitant to diagnose females as having
__________ personality disorder.
Histionic; antisocial
18) Research has shown that, on average, __________% of the people
identified as suffering from borderline personality disorder through
structured interviews are women.
8
19) Because the term has been traditionally applied to women, the
name of __________ personality disorder was changed to histrionic
personality disorder.
Hysterical
20) Despite the research, the Correctional Service of Canada seems
reluctant to accept the fact that
psychopathy can occur in women
21) Sociologists replaced the term psychopath with sociopath in
order to reflect their belief that_______________.
The disorder is caused by social forces and factors
, 22) __________ refers to the co-occurrence in the same person of
two or more different disorders, while __________ refers to the
similarity of symptoms in two or more different disorders.
Overlap; cormorbidity
23) One study found that almost ______ percent of those diagnosed
as borderline met the criteria for APD.
50
24) Pinel described what he called manic sans delire, which was the
predecessor of what has become known as
Antisocial personality disorder
25) The term psychopath was replaced with sociopath by
__________.
Sociologists
26) The most influential book ever published on antisocial
personality disorder was The Mask Of Sanity by
Cleckley
27) The specific causes of personality disorders were not considered
until the development of
A) the psychoanalytic movement.
28) Psychoanalysts see personality disorders as resulting from
Disturbances in parent-child relationship.
29) __________ theory states that children learn how to relate to
others by the way in which their parents relate to them.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Qualities which are persistently displayed over time and in various
situations
Traits
A) People with personality disorders show a far more restricted range
of traits than do most people.
true
3) DSM-5 will probably NOT include which categorical personality
disorders?
B) paranoid; histrionic; schizoid; dependent
4) The DSM-IV-TR lists __________ specific personality disorders
which are organized into __________ broad clusters.
10;3
5) Unlike DSM-IV-TR, DSM-5 requires _______________ and
permits _________________ when diagnosing a personality disorder.
A) dimensional assessment of self and interpersonal functioning;
application of a categorical personality disorder diagnosis
8) The disorders listed under Personality Disorder Not Otherwise
Specified are
B) depressive and passive-aggressive.
,9) According to the text, approximately __________% of the
population will have a personality disorder during their life.
6-9
10) Which is NOT a reason provided in the text for the importance of
assessing personality disorders (PDs)?
E) presence of a PD usually rules out the presence of an Axis 1
disorder
11) Which of the following are NOT identified as difficulties in
diagnosing personality disorders (PDs)?
C) PD symptoms tend to be dormant for long periods of time
12) Diagnosis and therefore estimating the prevalence of the
personality disorders is quite difficult and studies have been
methodologically criticized. With this in mind, the highest estimates
of PD prevalence suggest that
Approxiamtely 15% of the population has a personality disorder.
13) Which of the following best describes the relationship between
the prevalence rate of personality disorders between outpatients and
inpatients?
They are generally lower among outpatients
14) Research shows that __________% or more of people with
personality disorders never seek treatment for their problems.
80
15) Many personality disorders are __________, which means that
the person does not believe they have a problem.
,Egosyntonic
16) Several researchers have suggested that the diagnostic criteria for
some personality disorders are
Both gender and culture-biased
17) According to the text, clinicians have been shown to be reluctant
to diagnose males as having __________ personality disorder, while
they are sometimes hesitant to diagnose females as having
__________ personality disorder.
Histionic; antisocial
18) Research has shown that, on average, __________% of the people
identified as suffering from borderline personality disorder through
structured interviews are women.
8
19) Because the term has been traditionally applied to women, the
name of __________ personality disorder was changed to histrionic
personality disorder.
Hysterical
20) Despite the research, the Correctional Service of Canada seems
reluctant to accept the fact that
psychopathy can occur in women
21) Sociologists replaced the term psychopath with sociopath in
order to reflect their belief that_______________.
The disorder is caused by social forces and factors
, 22) __________ refers to the co-occurrence in the same person of
two or more different disorders, while __________ refers to the
similarity of symptoms in two or more different disorders.
Overlap; cormorbidity
23) One study found that almost ______ percent of those diagnosed
as borderline met the criteria for APD.
50
24) Pinel described what he called manic sans delire, which was the
predecessor of what has become known as
Antisocial personality disorder
25) The term psychopath was replaced with sociopath by
__________.
Sociologists
26) The most influential book ever published on antisocial
personality disorder was The Mask Of Sanity by
Cleckley
27) The specific causes of personality disorders were not considered
until the development of
A) the psychoanalytic movement.
28) Psychoanalysts see personality disorders as resulting from
Disturbances in parent-child relationship.
29) __________ theory states that children learn how to relate to
others by the way in which their parents relate to them.
